nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20230524-231152-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 230524s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20230524-231152-0 doi eng 342 23 Agarwal, Akshat Author aut Marriage Equality at the Doors of the Indian Supreme Court Agarwal, Akshat Verfassungsblog 2023-05-24 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India recently heard over 20 petitions seeking marriage equality. The significance of a positive declaration cannot be overstated. It would make India only the second country in Asia to recognize LGBTQ+ marriages. As India becomes the world’s most populous country this year, a favorable decision would also mean that an estimated 17.7% of the world’s population would come under a marriage equality regime which is more than the cumulative population of the 34 countries that currently recognize such marriages (17% of the global population). CC BY-SA 4.0 Equality India LGBTQ Same Sex Marriage Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/marriage-equality-at-the-doors-of-the-indian-supreme-court/ raw object